Good hair for radio

Well not exactly filming.
It will be our lucky Video Executive Producer, Scott Gamble who will be
on that side of the camera.

I have to put my mug in front of it.

Now I know there are a lot of people who dream of being on
TV, but I'm not one of them.

I bought make-up for the second time in my life recently
(the first was for my formal).

A teenage girl helped me select good colours for my green (or
are they grey?) eyes.

Only problem is, I'm so un-practised in putting it on that
it's actually safer to avoid it.

Amusingly, one of my TV presenting shots prompted a colleague to suggest a little less make-up would be better. I wasn't wearing any.

But my cheeks do get a little rosy when I get flustered.

After a couple of shoots in the breezy coastal air, I've
also bought a gigantic bottle of hairspray.

Again, helped by a lovely young girl who I'm sure had been using
it for, well, forever.

It's called 'lacquer - super hold'.

I've only ever used lacquer before when making furniture and
sealing floors and from that experience it should do the trick.

Just so you understand, my default hair style is to get out of
bed, or out of the shower, or out of the surf and pull it all up into a strange
kind of birds-nest-like bundle held in place with a hair band, rubber band or
whatever is handy.

And if all else fails, there's always a hat.

In short, I have perfect hair for radio.

So right now, the fact that my hair is washed, blow-dried,
brushed and somewhere between rock-hard and crunchy is very strange.

Here's hoping the super hold is strong enough.

See you on the other side and I'll let you know when it all
goes to air.

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Comments

Jo

Where were you when I needed you Sonya? I was not confident in Scott's make-up skills. (No offense intended if you are reading this Scott!)

Sonya Gee

Not if you film with me Sean! I brought make up and applied it for Luke when we filmed links together. Luckily we have a similar skintone :)

Sean O'Brien

At least girls have makeup and hair spray to fall back on if needed. Can you imagine what it's like going through life as a man, knowing every time we appear before a camera it's in our stark unfiltered state? On the surface we smile for the camera, underneath we feel like Edvard Munch's "The Scream".

Rebekah Van Druten

Can't wait to see the finished product!

Suzannah Lyons

Ha ha Jo, I can totally empathise as it's very windy filming down here too. I had to make my mother promise that her first comment when she saw me presenting the show wouldn't be about my need to get a haircut.